Improvement in mowing-machines



A. J. BERRYHILL. Mowing-Machine.

No. 211,454. Patented Jan. 21,1879.

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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFIeE.

ANDREW J. BERRYHILL, OF JAMES COUNTY,TENNESSEE.

iMPROVEMENT IN MOWlNG-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,454, dated January 21, 1879 application filed v June 13, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. BERRYHILL, a resident of the county of James, in the State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mowing-Machines, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, in which 4 Figure l is a perspectiveview of my invention; and Fig. 2, a rear elevation, partly in section.

In the accompanying drawin gs, A is the main frame of my improved mower, provided with a central longitudinal slot, in the sides of which is journaled the axle of the drivingwheel B, which is provided with cogs on the inner face of its rim. 0 is the fingerbar or plate, attached to the main frame and provided with fingers D D. E E are dividers attached to the upper face of the finger-plate O, and connected together by the plate F, which forms the platform on which the cut grass is received when the machine isoperated.

Gr represents a spoked wheel, having its rim serrated, to which the cuttersH are attached. The axle of the wheel G is journaled in the fin ger-plate and platform, and its hub is provided with cogs I, which mesh with the teeth of the pinion L on the shaft M, having at its opposite end the pinion N, the teeth of which engage with the cogs on the inner face of the rim of the driving-wheel.

O is a bracket attached to the main frame, in which is journ aled the inner end of the rakeshaft 1?, provided at its inner end with a pinion, Q, the teeth of which mesh with the cogs on the inner face of the rim of the drivingwheel.

The rake-shaft, beyond or outside of the bracket 0, is provided with a wooden sleeve,

A. J. BERRYHILL.

Witnesses:

M. B. TEMPLETON, l. W. Lown. 

